Book Two in the Hollows series, The Good, the Bad, and the Undead takes up Rachel Morgan's adventures once again, after she has survived a break with Inderlander Security or I.S., the big bad law enforcement agency that she was once a part of. After escaping assassins and having a few run-ins with Trent Kalamack, a bigwig in the city of Cincinnati, she is now self-employed as a detective. She and her roommate Ivy, as well as the pixy, Jenks, run an agency called "Vampiric Charms."

In this book, Rachel is hired by the Federal Inderlander Bureau, or FIB, to investigate a missing ley line witch. There are two kinds of witches in Rachel's world—the kind that use charms to cast spells and the kind that use the earth's natural ley lines as sources of power. Charm witches need physical charms that they've cooked up in their kitchen to cast a spell, but ley line witches just draw energy from the earth and then cast their spells. Rachel has generally been a charm witch and she's always been suspicious of ley line witches, since that kind of magic can lead to corruption.

However, when Rachel takes up the case of the missing witch, she finds that there have actually been a number of such missing witches in Cincinnati of late; this is not an isolated case. It also turns out that these witches all had a certain teacher in common, and Rachel signs up for that teacher's class where she discovers her innate ley line powers which are really intense. However, she's convinced that Trent Kalamack is behind everything and her distrust of him is justified because Trent is the biggest supplier of a drug named Brimstone in Cincinnati; he has his fingers in a number of illegal pies. However, as Rachel looks into all possible avenues of investigation, she discovers the real culprit whose identity comes as a surprise.

In this book, we see the reappearance of the demon Algaliarept who gave Rachel a demon mark in the first book, infecting her perfect aura with some darkness. There's also some romance because Rachel has a boyfriend named Nick, but there are also some smoldering scenes between her and her roommate, Ivy. Rachel's character also develops because now that she's on her own, she realizes that it's a dog-eat-dog world and picks up the skills to keep herself alive. However, it's hard to do this without invoking demons and Rachel is forced to go over to the dark side once in a while.

Kim Harrison is a self-proclaimed "tomboy" who grew up in a family full of boys. Although she always wanted to be a writer, she avoided English and writing classes, preferring to work on her writing by herself. She started out with the idea of writing science fiction but then switched to contemporary fantasy. Her real name is Dawn Cook and she has published two series, the Hollows series, starring Rachel Morgan, under the name Kim Harrison, and the Princess and Truth series under her real name. She splits her time between South Carolina and Michigan and is currently a full-time writer.

Rachel Morgan is back and in more trouble than ever! Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and other vampire novels won't want to miss the second novel in Kim Harrison's addictive supernatural series. Former bounty hunter Rachel Morgan has it pretty good. She has left the corrupt Inderland Runner Service and started her own independent service. She's survived werewolves, shape-changing demons, bad-hair days, and sharing a church with her vampire roommate, Ivy. She even has a cute (if human) boyfriend-what more could a witch want? But living with a reformed vampire isn't all it's cracked up to be, particularly when your roommate's very bad ex-boyfriend wants her back and wouldn't mind you in the process. And especially when he's six feet of sheer supernatural seduction and you've got a demon mark that makes vampires literally hotter than hell. To save herself and Ivy, Rachel must confront the vampire master-and the dark secrets she's hidden even from herself. Download and start listening now!

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Quotes & Awards

“The world of the Hollows is fast-moving, funny, harrowing, and scary, and—the greatest compliment to a fantasy—absolutely real.”

Diana Gabaldon, New York Times bestselling author

“I wouldn’t miss a Kim Harrison book for anything.”

Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author

Listener Opinions

Erika Badass | 2/19/2014

" I liked this book more than the first one. The world is starting to shape up a bit more, and I am enjoying the characters more. I especially am intrigued by Kisten. He is a character you just can't figure out yet. Is he good... or is he bad... but in a good way I like the direction of Trent. I love Jenks. I felt Ivy was better in this book. I am beginning to understand her character more. Rachel wasn't as annoying in this book. Nick, however irritates me. I liked Captain Edden and Glenn. "

Ellen | 2/11/2014

" Fun, quick read. Hard to say where things are going, which is good. And I now have yet another series to add to the pile..... "

Tamara | 1/17/2014

" Better than the first one... "

Tracey | 1/2/2014

" Loving this so far. Has continued on nicely from the first book. "

Morgan Sibbett | 12/24/2013

" ok so i love this book from the moment i finished it. it was awesome. alot of action and a love interest. go figure. pick it up and read it. "

Jodie | 12/18/2013

" I really like the characters in The Hollows. Jinx is my favorite, but I really am enjoying this series. There is enough humor and plot driving storyline to keep me interested for a long time to come. Such a great writer. "

Kitty | 12/17/2013

" Slow start, ending not that great, but most of it had me hooked. Who's killing all the witches, can Rachel finally pin things on billionaire bad-boy Trent, what went wrong when she tried to create a "familiar", and what is she going to do about her unstable, blood-hungry vamp room-mate? "

Terry | 11/8/2013

" I likey. "

Jared | 10/17/2013

" The book is well-written but the heroine is a little annoying; she's not very bright sometimes. Definitely an adult novel - a hard PG-13. "

Cristina (Bibliophile Mystery) | 10/2/2013

" Team Trent already! Why didn't I read this sooner? "

Morgana | 8/15/2013

" Much better than Dead Witch Walking...I LOVED this book! I am now a die hard fan of Kim Harrison...I'm soooooooo hooked! I love Trent!!!!!!!! "

Shae | 2/3/2013

" Another really spiffy book. It was awesome to find out what Trent was and I liked the human that doesn't fit in thing that was going with Glenn. I hope he is in future books. I really like Trent though, I think he is really nifty and I want to know more about him. "

Darryl Branning | 1/31/2013

" Vampires. Why is it always vampires? "

Pioden | 11/14/2012

" This is actually the second book in the series, featuring Rachel Morgan and the Hollows. I accidentally read it first, but it was well written, and I still got a good sense of the world, it held up as a stand alone, though I do recommend reading them in order, you get more out of them. "

Lauren Britton | 6/23/2012

" I liked this book much better than the first! Looking forward to reading the third book in the series. "

Funfairiegirl | 3/3/2012

" I honestly am enjoying this series more than the Sookie Stackhouse series. "

Janet Godsoe | 2/8/2012

" It's everything I wished Anita Blake would have been. "

Lena | 12/27/2011

" I really wanted to love this series but I am just finding to be OK. This book was very slow paced. While I still enjoyed it I won't be rushing into the next one, although I do intend to continue the series. "

Elena Schmid torre | 11/21/2011

" 3.5 stars. I had to force myself to read this book, because the first one dragged so bad. But people seem to love this series, so I wanted to give it another shot. I'm so glad I did. This book was so much better than the first. Looking forward to number 3. "

Weditt | 7/19/2011

" I think I am going to love this whole series. "

Scott Shipley | 6/10/2011

" As good as the first book. "

Toni | 5/1/2011

" Need to read this, first book leaves you hanging.
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Amanda | 4/10/2011

" A better book than the first but still long with 400+ pages.
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Gwen | 4/9/2011

" I love, love, love this series.
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Roxy | 3/31/2011

" just as good as the firt one!
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Bobbie Jo | 3/30/2011

" This is my favorite series to read!!!! I fell in love with it after I read all of the Charlaine Harris "Sookie" books. I read them no stop and over and over great series!!!!
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Andrew | 3/21/2011

" AWESOME!

Kim's knack for establishing realsitic characters continues to shine on in book 2.
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About the Author

Kim Harrison is the the bestselling author of the Hollows series. Her teen debut Once Dead, Twice Shy and its sequel, Early to Death, Early to Rise, were instant New York Times bestsellers. Born and raised in the upper Midwest, she has since fled south, where she spends her time tending orchids, cooking with some guy in a leather jacket, and training her dog. Her current vices include good chocolate and exquisite sushi.

About the Narrator

Marguerite Gavin is a seasoned theater veteran, a five-time nominee for the prestigious Audie Award, and the winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones and Publishers Weekly awards. Marguerite has been an actor, director, and audiobook narrator for her entire professional career. With over four hundred titles to her credit, her narration spans nearly every genre, from nonfiction to mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, and children’s fiction. AudioFile magazine says, “Marguerite Gavin…has a sonorous voice, rich and full of emotion.”

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